Trap.



K. KEMPNY.

TRAP.

APPLICATION rlLEn 1uLY6. 1911. RENEwED vw/10.1913A 1 ,27 1 ,323.Patented July 2., 1918.

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TRAP. Y "l specification of Letters-Patent. Y l Patented Jly 2,191.3,

Application led July 6, 1917, Serial No. 179,001. lRenewed May 10,-1918.y Serial No. 233,786." y

To all whom t may concern: 1. V

Be it known that; LKAROL KEMPNY, a subject of the Emperor of Austria,resident of Cleveland, county ofCuyahoga, and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tra-ps, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in animal traps, and has as itsspecial object the provision of means whereby any of the smaller animalsthat may enter an inclosure the accompanying drawing, forming a manterial part of this disclosure, and in which r Figure 1 is a sideelevational view of a tra Fig. 3 is a fragmental top plan view of thesame.

The base of the apparatus consists of a substantially rectangular woodenblock 10, having a central transverse elevation 11, formed with aslanting face, and contiguous thereto is a lower portion 12.

Secured to the base are a plurality of arcuate wires 14, 15, 16 and 17,equally spaced over the trap, while at the rear is a plate 18, formedwith flanges 19, in which' are secured one end of a plurality oflongitudinally disposed bars 20, forming in effect a cage netting orgrating preventing an ani-` mal from passing out of the trap.

The front, opposite end of the bars 20 are formed with eyes 22 securedto the outer arcuate wire 14, the rods being further engaged by theintermediate arcuate wires l5, 16 and 17, by soldering or the like.

The wires 16 and 17 respectively are formed with loops 24 at their upperbends, in which is engaged a rod or bar 25, encircled by a coiled spring27, formed integrally with'the impaling elements 28, which are providedwith a plurality of tapering, sharply pointed spurs 30, so bent andarmade in accordance with the invention. A, 14 1g. 2 is a front end viewof the same, and

- ranged as',V to .face eachother from opposite sides of thecage.

tended and formed into curved rods 33, the eXtreme ends 34 beingnormally engaged in oppositely disposed recesses or depressions 39 of aplate 35,A pivoted at 36 to the base and having an extension 38 by meansof which the trap may be set.

Formed with the rods 33 are extending loops 40, by which resettinvn maybe done and a greater amount of resi iency attained.

Rigidly secured upon the upper spurs 30 are lateral projections 42,engageable with the rods 33, in such manner as to hold the spurs widelyapart. Y

In operation, the spurs being separated by pressing the extending loops46 toward each other, and maintained in that condition by reason of theengagement of the projections 42 with the arcuaterods 33, their endsbeing in the recesses 39 of the pivoted plate 35, at that time raised bytipping the same by actuating the extension 38, any animalapproachingthe bait 45 will obviously tread -upon the plate, causing thesame to be depressed, thereby liberating the rods 33, and through themthe extensions 42, allowing the spurs to be suddenly brought closelytogether, under influence of the spring 27, impaling the Vanimal at thattime partially upon the plate 35. I

I claim l 1. A trap comprising a rigid base, an arcuate cage disposedthereover, a. pivoted platform upon which thebait may be displayed, apair of spring elements'engaged with said platform when in a raisedcondition, a bar upon which said spring elements are engaged at theirupper ends, a pair of oppositely disposed, arcuater elements pivotallymounted upon said bar, means for knormally constraining said elementstoward Veach other, and a plurality of spurs formed said arms wherebythey are held normally extended, and means for releasing said impalingelements, upon the depression of said plvoted platform.

3. In a trap of the classl described, the combination with a rigid base,an arcuate barred cage secured thereto, a platform pivoted inl saidbase, said platform being ada-pted to carry a bait, spring armsengagedwith said platform when in a raised position, a pair of oppositelydisposed .impaling elements mounted in said cage,.meansengage Vable withsaid arms whereby said impaling impaling elements, and means extendingfrom said platform whereby said trap may be reset'r i In testimonywhereof I have aHiXed my signature. Y

Y KAROL IIElVIFiW.v

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